Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-08
INDUSIItIAL IVORLD.

1t Ia stated that tho vtceroy of China has
signed DEGREES granting TO Wharton Baker, of
Philadelphia, and Eugene DeMitkicwicz, of
New York city, the sole and exclusive right to
construct and operate telephone lines at the
treaty ports of China for a period of fifty
years. The department is informed of the
departure of DsMitkiewicz with Chinese
embassy for Washington, where they are soon
expected Their mission is regarded of the
greatest importance. DeMitkiewicz will bring
with him, according to official reports, the
form of the charter for tho Chinese bank,
which has received the sanction of tho vice
roy and will be submitted 10 the Philadelphia
syndicate for approval. The envoy has full
power to ratify any agreement or charter
negotiated. ~.
The condition Of the cotton crop within the
Memphis district which embraces west Ten
nessee, north Alabama, north Mississippi and
south Arkansas, is not the most fattering.
''Since August the crop has failed very much
indeed. Tennessee shows the greatest loss,
Al per cent, while north Alabama has de-
clined from almost perfect crop to three
fourths of crop, and many correspondents
claim that "a per cent. is too small an o.t-
mate. In Mississippi the uplands have suf-
fered severely by dronth, and the valley by
both rust and drouth, the damage being esti-
mated atl214 per cent Arkansas has suffered
from the continued dry weather, and has been
damaged considerably by rust, the balls and
leaves drying up rs if they had been lurnt.
The damage in Tennessee is fixed at 23sL per
cent The shedding of balls is noted to an
alarming oxtont from all quarters. Rain,
though needed badly, will not benefit cotton
much now, as it is thought to be too late.
The damage throughout the entirc district will
average so per cent"
About 100 sonecutters, employed ly tho
Pennsylvania Granite works at the falls of
| French creek are on a strike The firm has
the contract for the dress granite base for tho
Meade monument in Phi adelphia, and fear
ing that their present force would not COM
plete the work in time they hired three men
| and put them 10 work. The old hands OBJ
jected to this because the mon " ere not men,
bers Of the National Stone Cut ers' ulion. and
trouble ensued
The corn crop of tho south is unprece-
dentedly large, exceeding the yield of 1886 by
50, 0Op 0OO bushels, the yield of 1855 by co.
Geo, COO bushels, and the yield of 1884 by 1O7,-
100000 bushels. The south will this year, it
is said, be neArly self-supporting in he matter
OF corn, and many millions of dollars that
have here's ofore gone west for corn will this
season be saved to southern farmers. The
advanced prices for tobacco will, it is claimed,
counter balance to the farmers tho decrease
in the yield, due mainly to decreased acreage.
Other crops have with few exceptions been
very good.
The official announcement is made that
the United States L press company plant,
| franchise and business of the Baltimore and
Ohio Express company has been sold to the
United States Express company for perio
of thirty years. The agreement has been con-
snmmated, and possession taken. It Is stated
on Wall street that the price paid was 81, 5o0,-
600, of which 81, 900, 600 was in cash and the
remainder in United States Express company
bonds This adds about 5, 900 miles of terri
tory to the 1900 miles already operated over
by the United States Express company, and
makes it the most powerful company in
| America